Martin Pugh

Past

Network Administrator (Contract) at PC Connection
IT Administrator (Contract) at Fenway Community Health Center
Senior Systems Engineer Manager at All Covered

Senior Field Engineer at e-Techsupport.com
Senior LAN Administrator at Sun Life Financial

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Education

VMware VCP
Microsoft MCSE 2000 and 2003

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6 people have recommended Martin

Connections

79 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Martin Pugh’s Summary

Computer professional with 20 years of experience, starting from IBM mainframes and working my way into network architecture (LAN/WAN, server, backups, policy and support).

My technology passion is virtualization and all of the changes it can bring to a datacenter.

I'm a process and organization guy who loves nothing more then going into a place that is in chaos, both technologically and organizationally and bringing it around.

Martin Pugh’s Specialties:

* VMware VI3 Foundation 3.5
* Physical to Virtual Migration
* Microsoft Active Directory (extensive AD upgrades)
* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003 Server (R2), Storage Server
* Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003
* Sonicwall, Netscreen and Cisco PIX firewalls
* Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec, Livestate (v7.5 – v12)
* Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate/Enterprise Edition (v7.5 – v10)
* Programming Languages: VBScript. DOS scripting. Familiar with Visual Basic.

Martin Pugh’s Experience

Network Administrator (Contract)

PC Connection

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PCCC; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

Supported internal software initiative as a dedicated infrastructure resource. This included deployment support, server support (deployment, configuration and troubleshooting).

Also assisted Network Operations with server support, virtual environment support and FTP deployment.
IT Administrator (Contract)

Fenway Community Health Center

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)

* Manage and maintain network with 4 locations, 200+ users and 20+ servers (mix of Windows and VMware)
* Plan future architecture of network infrastructure
* Identify and remediate performance issues on servers
* Train inhouse staff
Senior Systems Engineer Manager

All Covered

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2000 — March 2008 (7 years 10 months)

Senior Systems Engineer Manager -2008
* Senior Engineer staff manager responsible for entire services staff (senior engineers, engineers and support specialists).
* Responsible for the timely delivery of services to over 100 clients.

Team Lead 2006-2008
* Responsible to the enforcement of policy to staff
* Over 50% billable to clients implementing advanced network and system solutions.

Consultant/Senior Consultant 2000-2006
Major Accomplishments:
* Physical to Virtual conversions to VI3, VMware Server and MS Virtual Server.
* Disaster recovery of Exchange and file servers.
* Server room buildouts and move coordination.
* Technical review of all projects.
* Extensive project development and planning for clients.
* Exchange 5.5 to 2000/2003 migrations
* NT 4.0 to 2000/2003 migrations.
* Backup solutions.
* Desktop, server, network and firewall implementations, troubleshooting.
Senior Field Engineer

e-Techsupport.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2000 — June 2000 (6 months)

* Engineer supporting Window’s NT, Novell Netware and Lotus Notes environments.
* PC Support, modem pooling, network topology, IP re-addressing, DHCP, DNS, some Firewall. Backups using Backup Exec and ArcServe.
* Server and network hardware installation and configuration.
* Go out on sales calls and support salesmen on technical issues. Make strategic recommendations for prospective clients on hardware and software needs. Also key in writing sales proposals that were presented to prospective clients.
* National expansion was withdrawn when funding was cancelled.
Senior LAN Administrator

Sun Life Financial

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SLF; Insurance industry)

January 1993 — January 2000 (7 years 1 month)

Senior LAN Administrator 1998-2000
* Project Manager for NDS and NT security project.
* LAN administration in a Novell Netware 4.11 environment, including new user/termination’s, Directory Services maintenance, file system maintenance and NDS implementation.
* Migration from Novell Netware 3.12 bindery services to Netware 4.11 NDS.
* Window’s NT domain administration, including domain design and maintenance. Installation and setup of PDCs and BDCs. Share and NTFS permissions in a multi-domain environment.
* Lotus Notes administration and troubleshooting.

Senior Network Technician 1996 - 1998
* First, second and some third level support in a Novell and Window’s NT environment. Help Desk, desktop support (DOS, Win 3.11, Window’s 95, and Window’s NT), troubleshooting Netware and Window’s NT server problems.
* Lotus Notes administration and troubleshooting.

Computer Operations Specialist – Shift Leader 1993-1996